2016 Computer Science Graduation Reception and the complete list of Graduates

The CSCI Reception honoring the 2016 Senior Graduates, took place on Wednesday, May 25th in the Great Hall.  The Reception provided a great opportunity for faculty, students and their families to get together and celebrate.  Here are a few photos from the festivities — Congratulations to the Class of 2016!

Some of the Class of 2016, L-R; Johanna Goergen, Chris Lavin, Ryan Grant , Stephen Rowley, Michael Holt and Mitch Olson
CSCI '16 students and faculty
Some of the Class of 2016 with CSCI Faculty, clockwise, Johanna, Chris, Ryan, Mitch, Michael, Prof. Ken Lambert, Stephen, Prof. Tom Helmuth, Prof. Sara Sprenkle and Prof. Simon Levy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Computer Science Class of 2016 Graduates:

Jok  Asiyo – major
John Barry – minor
Sam  Borowsky – major
Darren Douglas – major
Johanna Goergen – major
Ryan Grant – major
Marijo Herrera Quesada – minor
Michael Holt – major
John Kirby – minor
Brian Krouskos – minor
Chris Lavin – minor
Mithra Muthukrishnan – major
Mitch Olson – major
Stephen Rowley – major
Fred Sackfield – minor
Joe Siami – minor
Leigh Stauffer – minor
Michael Stovall – minor

 

CSCI Major Michael Holt ’16 honored at Athletic Department Awards

Michael Holt ’16, front row, center right

The 2016 Athletic Department Awards, held on May 17th at Lee Chapel, paid tribute to W&L’s exceptional student-athletes.  Senior tennis player, Michael Holt,  was the male recipient of the William D. McHenry Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award.  Click on the link to learn more about Michael’s achievements and about the other honorees…

http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2016/05/24/wl-announces-2016-athletic-department-awards/

 

2016 Spring Term Festival

Students displayed their Spring Term projects during the 2016 Festival held on May 20 on the main floor of Leyburn Library. This poster below, created by students from CSCI 335, showcases the development of high-performance software for web applications.

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Perry O’Connor ’17 explains her team’s work on the Symbolic Logic Tutorial to Professor Gavin Fox. Asha Campbell ’17 (seated) also worked on the Symbolic Logic Tutorial. Mina Shnoudah ’17 (right) demonstrated his team’s Ancient Graffiti Project application next.

csci335_spring16_poster

W&L’s Digital Humanites “Ancient Graffiti Project” continues

NEH awarded Washington and Lee a major DH grant to support continued work on the “Ancient Graffiti Project” — a program led by Classics Professor Rebecca Benefiel and Computer Science Professor Sara Sprenkle.  CSCI Major Jamie White ’17 played a large part in the development of this project.  Click on the links below to learn more!

http://www.wlu.edu/tradition-of-innovation?feature=true&id=x15397

http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2016/04/14/neh-funds-wl-digital-humanities-project/

 

 

CSCI Major Johanna Goergen ’16 Thesis Defense

Date: 4/8/2016
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Computer Science Dept.
(reception at 3:30)

Johanna Goergen ’16 will defend her Thesis on Friday, April 8th at 4pm in the CSCI Department.

“Leveraging Parameter and Resource Naming Conventions to Improve Test Suite Adherence to Persistent State Conditions”

A web application is a software application whose functionality can be accessed by users over the Internet via web browsers. As web applications take on vital and sensitive responsibilities, it is critical that web applications are well-tested and maintained before they are deployed to the public and with every subsequent update or change. A common approach to automating web application testing is test suite generation based on user sessions. Although these approaches to automated testing are promising,
they leave room for improvement in effectiveness due to their lack of adherence to requirements imposed by data outside of application code, such as data stored in databases. My objective is to contribute an approach to creating more effective web application test suites based on predicting the content of the application’s external data store(s) throughout testing.

 

CSCI Students Brian Krouskos ’16 and Jamie White ’17 are Phi Beta Kappa Inductees

Congratulations to CS Minor Brian Krouskos ’16 and CS Major Jamie White ’17 as they are honored at the 2016 Phi Beta Kappa/Society of Cincinnati Convocation and Induction Ceremony to be held on Sunday, March 13th. Brian and Jamie join previous CSCI PBK inductees Sam Borowsky ’16 and Michael Holt ’16 who were inducted at the 2015 Phi Beta Kappa Ceremony.

Click on the link for more details!

http://www.wlu.edu/transformative-education?feature=true&id=x11286

CSCI Major – Rajwol Joshi ’18 — International Perspectives

“I came here primarily for a liberal arts education (something not available back home), uncertain of what I wanted to do. A year and a half later, I feel like I know the direction I’m headed in, and the journey has been worth it.”

click on the link to learn more about this international student’s experiences with W&L

http://www.wlu.edu/global-experience?feature=true&id=x14956

 

Computer Science: ODK Initiates

Congratulations to Computer Science major Johanna Goergen and Computer Science minor Brian Krouskos on being inducted into ODK!  Johanna and Brian join Computer Science major Michael Holt ’16, who was initiated last year.

Johanna Goergen (Kinnelon, New Jersey) is a computer science and mathematics double major. She serves as resident adviser, an LGBT peer counselor and a teaching assistant for computer science. She served as the computer science officer and vice president for Women in Technology and Science. She is the senior class liaison in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

Brian Michael Krouskos (Alpharetta, Georgia) is an accounting and business administration major and computer science minor. A four-year member of the men’s tennis team, he has twice been named to the All-ODAC first team. He is an associate director of the Williams Investment Society and worked with Washington and Lee Student Consulting 2013–2014. He is a Eucharistic minister for Catholic Campus Ministry and a peer tutor for introductory accounting and computer science classes.

The W&L News Story

CSCI Major Lenny Enkhbold ’17

Junior German and Computer Science major, Lenny Enkhbold, has been selected one of 13 founding members of the Merrell College Ambassadors program from colleges around the country.   Click on the link to learn more:

http://wlu.edu/engaged-community?feature=true&id=x14428